Pachnoda sinuata, Cetoniinae, wing mechanism of dead specimen 2012 02 15 2748s

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Pachnoda sinuata is a large species of "fruit beetle" in Southern Africa. Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae. This shows the isolated wings of a dead specimen. The beetles fly at great speed with elytra nearly shut and take off very smartly at need, snapping the posterior wings out like flick knives, barely lifting the elytra, as shown here. On settling they stow the wings almost as abruptly. One specimen with elytra removed. Two isolated wings, one partly folded. Date: 15 February 2012, 18:06:27. Source: Own work. Author: JonRichfield. Camera location34° 02′ 24″ S, 18° 48′ 00″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-34.040000; 18.800000. The speed with which the species (and some other Cetoniinae) can deploy or stow their wings argues that they use a more sophisticated mechanism than species that open their elytra. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.